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Back when my daughter was about 8 or 9 months old, I remember carrying her out to the car one day, and on the way she pointed up to an airplane in the sky. I immediately reinforced this by saying something along the lines of: "Yes, that’s right! That’s an airplane. Airplane. See the airplane?” By pointing, she was sharing information with me. She was telling me that she saw …

Question:  Do all children with speech problems have to attend regular speech therapy? Not necessarily.  Sometimes you can place mild cases on consultation to monitor their development and progress.  For example, I recently saw a child with an L distortion in a private school. She was four years old, and I knew the parents would be very conscientious about  home follow …

Question:  I am an SLP seeing a 8 year old student with a tongue thrust.  What products would be the best for addressing the tongue thrust?  How long does it usually take for them to affect a change in a child's lingual placement? . Great question.  For tongue thrust therapy, I use the protocol outlined in the book Swallow Right, 2nd edition by Roberta Pierc …

When working on articulation, I often find it best to begin the session with an auditory discrimination activity.  Not only does this help children better hear their own speech, but it also helps them settle into therapy and focus their attention. Auditory discrimination is the ability to tell the difference between correct and incorrect speech sounds.  Some kids struggle with …